I want to wire an ammeter into a landy, but im not sure where i should be connecting it to.
The one that came with my 2A went inline in the main feed for the wiring loom. I took this out when i rewired it, as i didnt want that much current hanging about on my dash.
Ive been doing some reading, and i understand that newer ammeters work differently, and therefore dont have to go in series like that old one, but instead go in parallel.
I'm not quite sure about where they should connect across though?.
The current i want to measure is what is flowing in/out of the battery, so do i just need to put my ammeter between the positive terminal on the battery, and then some point further along the positive feed - Like on the starter solenoid? (on my diesel the alternator goes back through this point too)
Am i right in thinking that an ammeter guage just needs to me attached at 2 points along a cable and it will then measure what is flowing inside that cable between those 2 points?